List of endangered insects


As of July 2017, the International Union for Conservation of Nature lists 343 endangered insect species. 5.7% of all evaluated insect species are listed as endangered.
The IUCN also lists 21 insect subspecies as endangered.
No subpopulations of insects have been evaluated by the IUCN.
For a species to be considered endangered by the IUCN it must meet certain quantitative criteria which are designed to classify taxa facing "a very high risk of extinction". An even higher risk is faced by critically endangered species, which meet the quantitative criteria for endangered species. Critically endangered insects are listed separately. There are 538 insect species which are endangered or critically endangered.
Additionally 1702 insect species are listed as data deficient, meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN. While the category of data deficient indicates that no assessment of extinction risk has been made for the taxa, the IUCN notes that it may be appropriate to give them "the same degree of attention as threatened taxa, at least until their status can be assessed."
This is a complete list of endangered insect species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN.

[Blattodea]

[Orthoptera]

There are 91 species and two subspecies in the order Orthoptera assessed as endangered.

Lentulids">Lentulidae">Lentulids

Tetrigids">Tetrigidae">Tetrigids

Euschmidtiids">Euschmidtiidae">Euschmidtiids

Mogoplistids">Mogoplistidae">Mogoplistids

Pamphagids">Pamphagidae">Pamphagids

Crickets">Gryllidae">Crickets

Species
Subspecies

Tettigoniids">Tettigoniidae">Tettigoniids

Phaneropterids">Phaneropteridae">Phaneropterids

Species
Subspecies

[Lepidoptera]

Lepidoptera comprises moths and butterflies. There are 51 species in the order Lepidoptera assessed as endangered.

Swallowtail butterflies">Papilionidae">Swallowtail butterflies

Lycaenids">Lycaenidae">Lycaenids

Nymphalids">Nymphalidae">Nymphalids

Other Lepidoptera species

Beetles">Coleoptera">Beetles

There are 72 beetle species assessed as endangered.

Dytiscids">Dytiscidae">Dytiscids

Stag beetles">Lucanidae">Stag beetles

Geotrupids">Geotrupidae">Geotrupids

Longhorn beetles">Cerambycidae">Longhorn beetles

Scarabaeids">Scarabaeidae">Scarabaeids

Other beetle species

[Odonata]

Odonata includes dragonflies and damselflies. There are 97 species and 19 subspecies in the order Odonata assessed as endangered.

Platystictids">Platystictidae">Platystictids

Platycnemidids">Platycnemididae">Platycnemidids

Species
Subspecies

Megapodagrionids">Megapodagrionidae">Megapodagrionids

Gomphids">Gomphidae">Gomphids

Species
Subspecies

Calopterygids">Calopterygidae">Calopterygids

Species
Subspecies
Species
Subspecies
Species
Subspecies

Libellulids">Libellulidae">Libellulids

Species
Subspecies

Other Odonata

Species
Subspecies

Other insect species